According to financial statistics, in the first 6 months of 2025, banks recorded a significant reduction in personnel.
LPBank decreased the most with 1,986 people (18%). Next, VIB reduced 1,244 people (11%), Sacombank reduced 1,228 people (27%), ABBank reduced 521 people (12%), ACB reduced 284 people (2%), SeABank reduced 268 people (25%), Vietcombank reduced 207 people (1%), TPBank reduced 143 people (2%) and VPBank reduced 65 people (0.2%).
Dr. Chau Dinh Linh, founder and operator of SSB School of Management and Leadership, commented that streamlining the apparatus, optimizing costs and increasing the profit rate is an inevitable need and a common trend.
This wave creates a competitive advantage for banks. The transition from traditional banking models to digital banking, the application of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain (blockchain) ... forces units to restructure many work positions to be more suitable and effective.
He said that banks are gradually moving towards more complex financial activities, while simple operations are being transferred to other companies. Therefore, the number of personnel may decrease but the quality of personnel will increase, not a mechanical cut.
Dr. Linh said that not only does the bank face difficulties in reducing the scale of its personnel, but it is shifting to a streamlined organizational structure, applying new technology to improve productivity and reduce the number of employees.
Although the streamlining trend is taking place, many banks are still implementing large-scale recruitment plans. Agribank has just announced the first round of recruitment in 2025 with 323 targets at branches, in the positions of credit, accounting, international payments, legal entities, treasurers, cashier, information technology, basic construction and driver. The application period is from July 28 to August 4, 2025.
Previously, Vietcombank announced the third round of recruitment in 2025 with 250 targets for the positions of customer specialist, accountant, trader, and IT engineer. The time to receive online applications for positions that do not require experience is until July 13, 2025; for positions that require experience, apply until December 31, 2025 or when fully recruited.
SeABank is also recruiting many positions nationwide in August 2025, including Director of Corporate Customer Center, mortgage credit solution specialist, card solution specialist, Customer support specialist (IT Helpkdes) and many positions in the fields of mobilization, investment, planning - budget, human resources.
Similarly, VPBank announced the recruitment of a series of positions for blocks and centers in many provinces and cities, with the recruitment period lasting in July and August 2025. The positions include Debt handling specialist (license department), POS operations specialist, AI Expert, Data Solution & Development, Senior Solution Architect, Operational risk control specialist and many positions in the customer service department.
